CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- Apr 28, 2009 --
Blue
Ridge Numerics, Inc. today announced that
Cornell Pump Company experienced a
100x speed up of a full transient system-level simulation and performance
curve generation using the new
CFdesign
Motion and
high performance computing (HPC) Modules, released earlier
this month. Cornell design engineers were able to perform a series of
transient simulations to develop a complete performance curve, enabling
evaluation of a centrifugal pump design in only two hours, down from 200
hours, resulting in a significant reduction in product development time.
Similar to the Cornell team, multitasking engineers designing high
performance fans, blowers, turbomachinery, and many other products can now
benefit from the upgraded Motion Module, allowing for more iterations
upfront in the design process.

"In the past design teams have typically had to choose between a slower
simulation time for a full system-level transient model simulation or a
less accurate fixed-rotor approach," said Derrek Cooper, product manager,
Blue Ridge Numerics. "With the new capabilities in the Motion Module,
CFdesign now offers a more complete and reliable solution that is faster
than any other options out there, so design teams no longer have to
sacrifice accuracy for speed."

The significant performance increases the Cornell team experienced using
CFdesign will have major implications for development of new pumps. Beyond
cutting computer simulation time from weeks to hours, it is expected to
reduce the number of pump castings that have to be made for physical
testing. Eliminating just one of the physical tests could save the Cornell
team as much as three months of development time.

"With much faster running speeds, we will be able to do many more
simulation runs in less time," said Andrew Enterline, design engineer,
Cornell Pump Company. "We'll spend more time designing the product and
less time and money in pattern rework, re-pouring castings, and physical
development testing, helping us create more optimized product designs from
the start."

In the past, generating a typical pump curve for the Cornell design team
required 300 iterations at 1.5 iterations per hour to evaluate a single
design, so the team explored options to speed up the development cycle.
New rotational algorithms for transient rotating modeling included in the
latest release of the Motion Module help speed up simulation time by 20x on
a standard desktop computer, allowing Cornell and other design teams to
more quickly and accurately evaluate performance curves. In addition, the
Motion Module can be combined with the new CFdesign HPC Module to provide
an overall 100x speed up. Cornell leveraged the power of the Motion and HPC
Modules to speed up their design process by partnering with
R Systems, a provider of high-end
computing resources for research, to conduct their simulations on an 8 node
HPC cluster setup, allowing them to complete 300 iterations now in only two
hours.

About the CFdesign Motion Module

Several mechanical engineering applications require understanding of the
behavior of liquid and gas flows as they interact with solid objects. The
CFdesign Motion Module allows users to create a virtual prototyping
environment to better understand these behaviors by simulating the way
components interact and respond to prescribed flows. All the physical
effects of the motion as well as the time-history are output for data
review and to create animations for visual studies. In addition to the
simulation of rotating turbomachinery described, CFdesign also helps
engineers model:

The CFdesign HPC Module allows CFdesign users to harness the power and
investment of Windows HPC Server 2008, enabling more design studies in less
time and reducing the time it takes to achieve solutions for large complex
models. The Module can be used with a
small
cluster, a data center, or service providers, such as R Systems to gain
access to HPC resources.

Cornell Pump Company has been providing centrifugal pumps since 1946.
Cornell pumps are used in water intake, water processing, pressure
boosting, refineries, energy recovery, cooling towers, distillation
systems, wastewater processing, mining and power plants. Cornell pumps are
engineered and manufactured to provide dependable, efficient and economical
operation.

About R Systems

R Systems NA, Inc. is a privately held corporation providing high-end
computing resources for research. R Systems offers a rapid-response,
queue-sensitive production environment with utility or dedicated access
depending upon your project. Custom service-level agreements are available
if needed. R Systems provides services aimed at benefiting the commercial
research community and improving the quality of life throughout the planet.

About Blue Ridge Numerics

Blue Ridge Numerics, Inc. is the fastest-growing CFD software company in
the world and consistently ranked among the fastest-growing technology
companies in North America. The company's CFdesign upfront CFD software
integrates comprehensive fluid-flow and heat-transfer simulation into early
phases of design and engineering, when companies can dramatically improve
product quality,
time-to-market, and ultimately profitability through the product life
cycle. Learn more at
www.cfdesign.com.

CFdesign is a registered trademark of Blue Ridge Numerics. Other product or
brand names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective
holders.